Lamp-bracket.



No. 687,348. Patented Nov. 26, I901. L. M. THEUBALD.

LAMP BRACKET.

(Application filed July 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT @EErcE.

LEWIS M. TI'IEOBALD, OF CAMPBELLSBURG, KENTUCKY.

LAM P-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,348, dated November 2 5, 1901.

Application filed July 26, 1901. Serial No. 69,830. (No model.)

T0 at whont it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, LEWIS M. THEOBALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Campbellsburg, in the county of Henry and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Lamp-Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp-brackets, and has for its object to provide for conveniently mounting an ordinary lantern upon a vehicle, preferably upon the rear springs thereof, so as to have a yieldable support for the lantern, and thereby to obviate jarring the same, and at the same time to arrange the lantern for effectually casting the light thereof upon the road in front and at opposite sides of the vehicle. It is furthermore designed to provide an improved bracket for carrying the lantern and to arrange for convenience in applying the bracket to a vehicle-spring, and finally to arrange for securely fastening the usual bail-handle of the lantern to an upper portion of the bracket, and, furthermore, to provide for connecting the protecting-cage of the lantern to a lower portion of the bracket, thereby to secure an effective connection between the top and bottom portions of the lantern and the bracket, so as to rigidly hold the lantern and obviate swinging thereof.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a rear portion of a vehicle having the present bracket applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a lantern-bracket embodying the present invention.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring at first more particularly to Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that the present invention embodies an angular bracket 1, having the substantially horizontal short arm 2 and the long vertical arm 3, which depends from the rear end of the arm 2, said arms being preferably formed integral. At the forward end of the bracket there is provided an attaching-clamp, preferably in the form ofasubstantially U shaped clip or clevis 4, lying upon the under side of the arm and having opposite screw-threaded terminal portions 5, which are projected upwardly and loosely through corresponding perforations in the arm, there being nuts 6 applied to the projected ends of the threaded pins and hearing against the upper side of the arm, so as to draw the clip toward the arm for clamping the latter upon a support. Upon the upper side of the upper arm and formed transversely therein,adjacent to the rear end thereof,'there is provided one or more grooves or seats 7, which are normally overlapped by means of a spring-tongue 8, that has one end fastened to the arm intermediate of the clamp at and the seats, with its opposite free end portion overlapping the seats and bent or flared upwardly, as at 9, so as to facilitate the introduction of a bail-handle between the arm and the springtongue. The under side of the spring-tongue is provided with grooves or seats 10 to correspond with the similar seats in the arm. Upon the outer side of the pendent arm and adjacent to the lower end thereof there is provided a transverse groove or seat 11, which is overlapped by means of a springtongue 12, having its upper end secured to the arm and its lower free end portion overlapping the groove and flared outwardly, as described for the first-mentioned tongue.

In mounting the bracket upon a vehicle the upper or horizontal arm has its outer end placed upon the top of the rear bolster 13 of a vehicle, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, after which the clip or clamp 4 is applied from the under side, so as to straddle the upper portion of the elliptical spring 14 and the intermediate portion of the bolster, which lies upon said spring, whereby the bracket is firmly secured in place. An ordinary lantern 15 is then applied to the bracket so as to lie in front of the pendent arm, and thereby between the two angularly-related arms, the bail-handle 16 being slid upwardly upon the arm 3 and swung over the rear end of the upper arm and finally forced inwardly between said arm and the spring-tongue 8, so as to lie in one of the seats 7, whereby the lantern is hung from the upper arm of the'bracket. In applying the lantern the vertical bracket-arm is passed downwardly between the usual protecting cage portion and the glass chimney, so that a part 17 of the cage may engage between the arm and the spring-tongue 12 and finally snap into the adjacent seat 11, thereby securing the lower portion of the lantern to the lower part of the bracket.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that any common or ordinary lantern may be applied to the present form of bracket and when applied is connected at opposite end portions to the bracket, so as to obviate looseness or play of the lantern. Moreover, the lantern is eifectually seated between the angularly-related bracket-frame,

so as to be somewhat protected thereby.

In the manufacture of the bracket it is designed to form the same from a single flat metal bar which is bent intermediate of its ends to provide the angularly-related arms, thereby to secure a strong and durable bracket which is free from intermediate connections and has no loose parts to become displaced by the jarring of a vehicle.

What I claim is- 1. A lamp-bracket for vehicles, consisting of an inverted substantially L- shaped body, the arms of which are provided with transverse grooves or seats in their outer faces, spring-clips secured to the arms and overlapping the grooves or seats, a substantially U- shaped clip having its opposite ends passed upward and loosely through the outer end portion of the substantially horizontal arm of the bracket, and nuts applied to the projected ends of the clip.

2. A lamp-bracket, comprising an inverted substantially L-shaped body, the substantial horizontal member of the bracket having a transverse groove or seat formed in the outer face and adjacent to the inner end thereof, the other member having a similar groove or seat in its outer face and adjacent to its outer end, a spring-clip fastened to the outer side of each member and overlapping the seat thereof, the free end of the upper clip being extended toward the inner end of the adjacent member, and the free end of the other clip being extended toward the outer end of the other member, and a vehicle-engaging fastening carried by the outer end of the upper member.

3. A lamp-bracket for "ehicles consisting of angularly-related arms, a vehicle-engaging fastening carried by one of the arms, each arm having a transverse groove or seat formed in its outer side, and spring-clips secured to the outer sides of the respective arms and having free end portions overlapping the adjacent seats, said free ends being flared outwardly to form guides leading into the adjacent seats.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS M. THEOBALD.

Witnesses:

G. M. HARDESTY, W. P. MOORE. 

